“Keep Exploring”
Original 11 x 14” Oil on Canvas
At first glance this might look like an adult enjoying a sunset walk, but it is actually a young child, out exploring the shore for as long as possible before being called back. “Keep Exploring” is that childlike curiosity, the delight in the unknown that drives us toward adventures both big and small.
Canvas Size: Horizontal 11 x 14 inch canvas. 7/8” deep with lovingly finished sides.
Completed: 2023
Materials: Original oil on cotton canvas, painted in a low-toxin studio.
In Private Collection
From the ArtistFor me this painting captures the curiosity of childhood. It’s present regardless of the weather or time of day—this driving instinct to explore and play. Sometimes we lose that as we grow older. Part of me mourns that loss and fears to see it in my own children…and part of me has felt it rekindled through them.
The overcast skies are heavy and beautiful, rising over a child oblivious to it all as he explores his own world. And isn’t that a gorgeous metaphor for all these complicated parental feelings?